JpMotorsports

I know Oldsmobile was more of a luxury brand but were there any high performance dealers Like Chevy had Yenko, Baldwin-Motion ect. and Pontiac had Royal. Were there any dealers that did any upgrades to their new Olds?

jpc647

You mean like hurst?


Or local dealers, like Berejik? He was the local 'Royal' but for Oldsmobile nuts. Unfortunately, he passed away earlier this year. :/

Hell of a guy. A true gentleman. No matter what kind of Oldsmobile you had, he'd help you anyway he could.

JpMotorsports

Actual dealers not aftermarket vendors

jpc647

Then Berejik Oldsmobile, formerly of Needham, Mass.

GEARMAN69

I guess Baldwin-Motion did at least one Olds after I went to nationals and saw this sweetie

GEARMAN69

Here is link http://www.streetlegaltv.com/feature...ldsmobile-455/

Diego

Baldwin Chevrolet and Motion Performance were two companies that joined forces, so saying a "Baldwin-Motion did at least one Olds" is not correct.

However, Motion Performance did something with Markowitz (sp?) Olds for a short time.

GEARMAN69

Yes that's why I shared the article Diego. It started as a Baldwin-Motion initially but split and Motion teamed up with Markowitz and that combo made more for a few dealer offerings but still failed anyway with lack of marketing. After that post I did a quick.look up for more details and found the article.

Diego

And what I'm suggesting is that there should be no Baldwin mentioned when Oldsmobile is concerned - Motion Performance either teamed up with the Olds dealership or did things on their own. Baldwin was merely a Chevy dealership.

GEARMAN69

We know we know, but Markowitz was a dealership and it was Motion-Markowitz marketing Olds HP

GEARMAN69

Yes I can edit out Baldwin reference , that was before I got the details , just knew it was related. The OP was looking for exactly what Motion-Markowitz did.

Diego

I misunderstood your "Baldwin-Motion initially..." as I thought you were saying Baldwin-Motion created Olds street machines.

However, it was the Markowitz partnership that was short-lived, and it was concurrent to the partnership with Baldwin.

GEARMAN69

It would be cool if one of Us can find some magazines or more pics of the Motion Markowitz cars they did W31 and Big Block cars

Diego

This yellow car was modified by Motion.

And there's a flyer from 1968 too.

MotionOlds.jpg

Indy_68_S

Cool brochure. Thanks for posting.

Love the 'Ram Lux' term.

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"...three-barrel Holley carb.." ??

GEARMAN69

Thanks Diego for posting that. I really like the dealer HP stuff

rocketraider

I've often wondered if Markowitz ever sold a RamLux Toronado, and also what type of suspension mods they would have had.


Yes, Indy- 3-barrel Holley. Haven't seen one in years but I know several people who ran them. The whole secondary side was one big opening.

Diego

Since Marty Schorr was involved with the promotion of Baldwin-Motion, it's likely that you'll find out more in the magazine he edited, Hi-Performance Cars.

GEARMAN69

I got a few of those Mags ! Actually was my favorite of all times